Saving Strays

Registered charity 1191852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAVING SUFFERING STRAYS

Saving Strays are dedicated to raising awareness of the plight of stray dogs in the U.K. Bosnia and across Europe. We support rescue work saving dogs from killing stations and from the hardship of life on the streets and provide a rescue and rehoming service for the reception, care and treatment of stray dogs rehoming them to families in the U.K. and across the world.

Objects

TO ADVANCE ANIMAL WELFARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A RESCUE AND REHOMING SERVICES FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF STRAY DOGS IN THE UK, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND SUCH OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE WHO BY REASON OF ABANDONMENT, NEGLECT OR MISTREATMENT ARE IN NEED OF SUCH CARE AND ATTENTION - TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Darlington, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £101,073 against total expenditures of £108,250, resulting in a net decrease in funds for the year. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £16,474, while restricted reserves were £8,297. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with systems in place to manage strategic and operational risks.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 26/04/2024, 86 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Saving Strays (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Olsen Animal Trust — “With the incredible support of Olsen Animal Trust who will match fund up to £5000, of our 10K goal, every £1 donated will be worth £2” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maria Jane Emily Dawn Sloughchair
• Dr Roger Bralow MRCVS
• JULIE CHILTON
• Kim Elizabeth Powell BTEC HNC
• Peter Egan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Lynne Chitty

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bosnia And Herzegovina · Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Peter Egan — trustee here and at THE ANTHONY V MARTIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SERBIA'S FORGOTTEN PAWS.

• SERBIA'S FORGOTTEN PAWS income £124k
• STRAY DOGS SANCTUARY income £55k
• SAINTS SLED DOG RESCUE income £258k
• ANIMAL RESCUE income £576k
• LOVE UNDERDOGS income £390k
• SAVE A STRAY income £87k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.